State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Illinois, $46,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $52,560
- p25
- $48,930
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $46,060
- p90
- $65,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Illinois
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $46,090
- p25
- $38,970
- p75
- $49,460
- p10
- $36,400
- p90
- $56,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.